Display envelope



May 7, 1929. M. L. EMRlcH 1,712,337

DISPLAY ENVELOPE Filed April 22, 1925 Hrm? Patented May 7, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,712,337 PATENT OFFICE.

nnenrrr LoUIs Emmen, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, Assrenon To UNITED STATES FOIL oo., or LoUIsvILLnnENTUCKY, A oonronfirron or KENTUCKY. j

DISPLAY ENVELOPE.

i appubanon mea April 22, 1925. serial No. 24,995.

The present invention has to ido with a display envelope and relates particularly to the structural features thereof and to the manner in which it is adapted to securely hold articles on display against displacement.

Among the objects of the invention Iare the following l The provision of a packageadapted to io hold string articles on display and in regular order; j j

An improved package for holding strips of tinsel;

in unique structure whereby a plurality of string articles may be held in alignment while displayed and kept in an` orderly condition; and j Au unique construction for displaying an article in which the material used to make the display openings is employed `for maintaining the goods in proper arrangement.

These objects, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are obtained by the novel construction,` combination, and arrangement of the various parts which constitute a complete display envelope, one form of which embodying the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, hereby made a part of this application, and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank employed for forming the envelope;

Figure 2 is the front view of an envelope in which the displayed articles are placed; and

Figure 3 is a Vtransversefsection on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Like reference characters are used to designate similar parts in the drawingand in the specification which follows.

Reference should be had to Figure 1. The envelope is formed from a blank 10, the body portion of which may be rectangular or may have an extension 11 adapted to provide an ornamental cutout such as the head of Kris Kringle in the present embodiment.

From body 1() are three projections or extensions; the side extension being designated'l?I and a bottom extensionbeing designated 13. A

The main body is transversely slitted a number oftimes, such slits being designated 14. This divides the body into a plurality of narrow transverse strips. Al-

ternate strips are slitte-d as indicated at 15 about midway their ends to provide vision ofthe contents confined therein. By this arrangement a plurality of transverse ribs 17 extending from one side to the other side of body 10 are secured, and a number of lingers 16 oppositely disposed are arranged intermediate succeeding ribs 17. The body 10 is longitudinally scored at 18to provide a division between said body and the extension 12 and is further scored at 19 to separate it from the bottom extension 13. Tinsel in the form of long narrow strips of tinfoil or lead foil indicated 2O in Figures 2 and 3, and similar articles are adapted to be packed in the display envelope described. Such tinsel is laid against the inner face of the ribs 17 j andthe lingers 16 fallupon the back thereof to permit vision between the ribs 17. End extension 18 is folded inwardly over the tinsel 20, then one of sides 12 is folded inwardly, after which the other of said sides is folded over the first and adhesively secured thereto.

This provides a display package with the tinsel plainly visible between the several ribs 17 and securely held against longitudinal or lateral displacement by the fingers 16. The tinsel 20 has no tendency to be accidentally displaced from the display envelope which provides therefor a ready means for its display preliminary to the sale thereof.

The body is unique in its structural features and has a marked efficiency in the selling advantages which it possesses. lts shape is immaterial, and the present embodiment is merel for the purpose of illustrating the unique eatures ofthe invention which may be embodied in envelopes of differentconfigurations. j

The envelope is adapted to be used in conjunction with an automatic filling machine as well as to be filled by hand. Filled in either way inward pressure upon the sides 12 when lying flat and back up will cause the fingers 16 to approach a position perpendicular to ribs 17. Foil or tinsel 2O is thereupon laid upon ribs 17 at their back, and when the proper quantity of tinsel 20 has been placed thereon, the sideV to side pressure just described is removed. This allows the lingers f16 to impingethe tinsel 20 and bear thereupon whereby to hold said tinsel 20 in place during the sealing of the envej lope, which vprocess. has already been described, and until the tinsel 20 is removed for use. v

1.. A display envelopexhaving a front and backsaid front comprising spaced strips of kmaterial and intermediate openings for display purposes, the material intermediate saidstrips providing fingers adapted to rest againstA the enclosure within said envelope and under display. v

'2. display envelope of @a1-aboard 0'1- am I like having a `front comprising a vplurality p of spaced bars between which the enclosure yi'rr's'aid` envelope may be viewed, the material of'sa-idjf'ront between said bars being separated to provide opposed fingers.

3. A display package ofcardboard or the 'like comprising al front having a plurality of parallel slits therein whereby to provide strips of material, a number of said stripsbeing transversely cut to provide fingers having free ends, theenclosure in said ,package being visiblev through the spaces produced by forming said fingers, and a back adapted to enclose material placed between said front and said fingers.

4. A display envelope comprising; a front having a plurality of slits thereaeross, whereby to define ribs, selected ribs thus formed beingr cut from slit to slit to provide inwardly projectingr fingers associated with the uncut ribs, said lingers being adapted to be disposed in the body of or in back of material confined in said envelope whereby such material is held therein and exposed to View intermediate said uncut ribs.

5. An envelo )c for display purposes comprising a blanlc of cardboard or the like having a body section, side extensions, and end extensions, the material of said blank being scored intermediate said body portion and said side extensions, said body portion being transversely slit to provide a number of narrow strips, alternate strips being divided into two parts.

' 6. An envelope as described in claim 5. and in which one of said end extensions comprises a cutout figure.

MERRITT LOUIS EMRICH. 

